Saturday, December 10, 2016

How ‘food apartheid’ is punishing some Venezuelans

How 'food apartheid' is punishing some Venezuelans

CARACAS, Venezuela — With food riots breaking out and supermarket shelves woefully bare, the government of embattled President Nicolás Maduro launched a new food distribution system in April promising to deliver subsidized groceries to every household in need. Maduro called the new system “CLAPs” (Local Committees of Supply and Production). The name might be fitting, because those who don’t […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/10/venezuelas-food-apartheid-is-leaving-some-people-hungry/

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